Upcoming Services
This Sunday, May 5:
Children's Religious Education at 10:30 am:
The Youth RE committee oversees the children's Sunday morning RE program, as well as special events during the year, including a one-week ANT (Art, Nature, Theater) Camp each summer. The children begin their Sunday in Friendship Hall with their families and after the opening hymn, come forward for the chalice lighting and the Children’s Affirmation before being sung off to the Sunday school room for their lesson and accompanying activities, provided by teacher Kim Kroflich. Lessons are provided for children ages 5-12, and child care for those younger than 5, concurrent with the adult Sunday morning service.
The committee is responsible for providing a teacher and a teen assistant for the children's RE and overseeing their work as well as maintaining the rooms where the children's activities take place to make sure they are attractive and welcoming as well as safe for children of all ages. For our curriculum, we use the Tapestry of Faith units available for downloading from the UUA website. Teen programs are also available whenever there is sufficient need and participation.
A final important job of the committee is to publicize the children's program and attract more young families to Friendship Fellowship. We welcome new members to the Youth RE Committee, so if you are interested in working with the children and joining us, please see chair Ruth Rodgers. Read more about our Youth Religious Education program...
The committee is responsible for providing a teacher and a teen assistant for the children's RE and overseeing their work as well as maintaining the rooms where the children's activities take place to make sure they are attractive and welcoming as well as safe for children of all ages. For our curriculum, we use the Tapestry of Faith units available for downloading from the UUA website. Teen programs are also available whenever there is sufficient need and participation.
A final important job of the committee is to publicize the children's program and attract more young families to Friendship Fellowship. We welcome new members to the Youth RE Committee, so if you are interested in working with the children and joining us, please see chair Ruth Rodgers. Read more about our Youth Religious Education program...
Coffee and Conversations at 11:30 am:
Enjoy coffee and other refreshments as you converse with old friends and make new ones.
Young Adults Group meets at 11:45 am:
The Young Adults Group (ages 18-40) meets the first Sunday of each month in the minister's office, 15 minutes after service. Join us!
May 12:
Love In Its Many Flavors
Sermon by Jeanne Crane (via Zoom)
On this Mother's Day, let us honor our mothers, those who are mothers, and all those who have offered love and nurturance to us personally and collectively. Let us also explore the many flavors of love. Love comes in many flavors, not all sweet. Some are quite simple while others are complex. The richest of flavors have a depth and complexity that can be transformative. Whether we are talking about familial love, romantic love or love of humankind, Love is THE life-affirming ingredient that we all crave.
Jeanne Crane is an author and speaker with a depth of experience with Unitarian Universalist congregations. She lives in the Finger lakes region of New York where she joined a start-up congregation in the 1980s, taking on many roles within the congregation and district. When she closed her organizational development business, she worked as a district consultant with the Unitarian Universalist Association serving Ohio and New York. She is the author of two novels.
Love In Its Many Flavors
Sermon by Jeanne Crane (via Zoom)
On this Mother's Day, let us honor our mothers, those who are mothers, and all those who have offered love and nurturance to us personally and collectively. Let us also explore the many flavors of love. Love comes in many flavors, not all sweet. Some are quite simple while others are complex. The richest of flavors have a depth and complexity that can be transformative. Whether we are talking about familial love, romantic love or love of humankind, Love is THE life-affirming ingredient that we all crave.
Jeanne Crane is an author and speaker with a depth of experience with Unitarian Universalist congregations. She lives in the Finger lakes region of New York where she joined a start-up congregation in the 1980s, taking on many roles within the congregation and district. When she closed her organizational development business, she worked as a district consultant with the Unitarian Universalist Association serving Ohio and New York. She is the author of two novels.
May 19:
Recycling
Sermon by Kevin Smith (in person)
Caring for our environment is an important part of our Unitarian Universalist philosophy. Kevin Smith will brief us on the updated methods with which we can achieve this through recycling.
Kevin Smith is an Army Veteran and environmental educator with 24 years of experience in the fields of water quality education and recycling education. He currently serves as Recycling Coordinator for the Brevard County Solid Waste Department. He is the current President of the Space Coast Science Education Alliance and Vice Chair of the Palm Bay Sustainability Advisory Board.
Recycling
Sermon by Kevin Smith (in person)
Caring for our environment is an important part of our Unitarian Universalist philosophy. Kevin Smith will brief us on the updated methods with which we can achieve this through recycling.
Kevin Smith is an Army Veteran and environmental educator with 24 years of experience in the fields of water quality education and recycling education. He currently serves as Recycling Coordinator for the Brevard County Solid Waste Department. He is the current President of the Space Coast Science Education Alliance and Vice Chair of the Palm Bay Sustainability Advisory Board.
May 26:
Operation Hope in Brevard County
Sermon by Jesse Zermeno (in person)
Operation Hope of Greater Florida Inc., a non-profit organization, has remained dedicated to providing support, education, and assistance to needy families regardless of race, color or religion. Founded in 1997 by Jesse Zermeno, who recognized the plight of Florida's unprivileged individuals, Operation Hope was created to make a difference in the lives of laborers, families and anyone who wishes to be assisted. With numerous diverse individuals and corporate partners, Operation Hope Seeks to improve the sometimes-desperate living conditions of those that labor tirelessly. Individuals are rallied, and their efforts and donations are channeled to serve the greatest good. Their strong resolve to improving these conditions is demonstrated weekly when
volunteers are assembled to distribute donations of food, clothing and household items to the needy. In addition, to this dependable resource of necessities, Operation Hope volunteers offer words of encouragement and support. Each year Operation Hope has many activities, in August they supply about 700 children with school supplies, for Thanksgiving 800 baskets are given to families and for Christmas a celebration is held with as many as 1200 children receiving aid.
Jesse Zermeno was born in Mexico City on November 3, 1947, the oldest of six children. After completing high school (Institute Juventud) he helped put himself through college by working in marketing for a telephone company. Zermeno graduated from the Institute of Technology at Mexico City with a B.S. degree in business in 1974. He continued with the telephone company after graduation and was offered an opportunity by the company to attend school in the U.S. in order to learn to speak English. Zermeno chose a school in Chicago because he had a family living there. While attending school, Zermeno took a part time job as a waiter at La Margarita, a Mexican restaurant. Restaurant management decided that the all-male servers might be more effective if they teamed with female waitresses. An ad was placed in the newspapers for Spanish-speaking waitresses. Despite management’s plan they hired only one waitress - Jann, Jess’s future wife. By 1976 they were married.
Jann, a native of Glenview, a Chicago suburb, was the oldest of three children. After graduating from Glenbrook South High School, she attended Western Illinois for two years and spent her junior year abroad at the University of Barcelona, Spain. Later she was to graduate from the UCF with a degree in elementary education and add an A.A. degree in travel and tourism from FMU to her dossier.
Jesse and Jann lived in Chicago until a former Mexican classmate of Jesse’s was elected to a high-ranking government position and asked Jesse to return to Mexico to be part of his administration. The Zermenos moved to Mexico, but the timing was bad. The bottom fell out of the Mexican economy soon after they relocated and the Zermenos decided to return to the U.S.. They moved to Melbourne, Florida, to live with Jann’ s retired parents until they could get back on their feet. By now the Zermenos had three children: Jesse, Jeanette and Jackie.
Jesse became a U.S. citizen and found employment in production control at Harris Corporation. He also enrolled in a masters degree program at the Florida Institute of Technology. Within six months the Zermenos were able to purchase a home in the Eau Gallie section of Melbourne where they still live. Three years later Jesse bought the Sandpiper Dry Carpet Cleaning Business.
In 1997 Jesse founded Operation Hope after learning of the plight of migrant workers in Fellsmere. Since that time he has organized volunteers, mostly from Melbourne, to make the 70-mile round trip to Fellsmere to bring food, clothing and a message of hope to the desperately poor families of the farm workers. Jann has been by Jesse’s side every inch of the way.
June 2:
Friendship
Sermon by Lydia Denworth
June 9:
Who Are the Nones?
Sermon by Rev. Phil Lund
June 16:
Repentance
Sermon by Rev. Ember Kelley
June 23:
Sermon by Rev. Lyn Ungar
June 30:
Paganism
July 7:
Friendship
Sermon by Rev Fred Hammond
July 14:
Frozen Chosen: Jewish Alaska
Sermon by Rabbi Craig Mayers
Operation Hope in Brevard County
Sermon by Jesse Zermeno (in person)
Operation Hope of Greater Florida Inc., a non-profit organization, has remained dedicated to providing support, education, and assistance to needy families regardless of race, color or religion. Founded in 1997 by Jesse Zermeno, who recognized the plight of Florida's unprivileged individuals, Operation Hope was created to make a difference in the lives of laborers, families and anyone who wishes to be assisted. With numerous diverse individuals and corporate partners, Operation Hope Seeks to improve the sometimes-desperate living conditions of those that labor tirelessly. Individuals are rallied, and their efforts and donations are channeled to serve the greatest good. Their strong resolve to improving these conditions is demonstrated weekly when
volunteers are assembled to distribute donations of food, clothing and household items to the needy. In addition, to this dependable resource of necessities, Operation Hope volunteers offer words of encouragement and support. Each year Operation Hope has many activities, in August they supply about 700 children with school supplies, for Thanksgiving 800 baskets are given to families and for Christmas a celebration is held with as many as 1200 children receiving aid.
Jesse Zermeno was born in Mexico City on November 3, 1947, the oldest of six children. After completing high school (Institute Juventud) he helped put himself through college by working in marketing for a telephone company. Zermeno graduated from the Institute of Technology at Mexico City with a B.S. degree in business in 1974. He continued with the telephone company after graduation and was offered an opportunity by the company to attend school in the U.S. in order to learn to speak English. Zermeno chose a school in Chicago because he had a family living there. While attending school, Zermeno took a part time job as a waiter at La Margarita, a Mexican restaurant. Restaurant management decided that the all-male servers might be more effective if they teamed with female waitresses. An ad was placed in the newspapers for Spanish-speaking waitresses. Despite management’s plan they hired only one waitress - Jann, Jess’s future wife. By 1976 they were married.
Jann, a native of Glenview, a Chicago suburb, was the oldest of three children. After graduating from Glenbrook South High School, she attended Western Illinois for two years and spent her junior year abroad at the University of Barcelona, Spain. Later she was to graduate from the UCF with a degree in elementary education and add an A.A. degree in travel and tourism from FMU to her dossier.
Jesse and Jann lived in Chicago until a former Mexican classmate of Jesse’s was elected to a high-ranking government position and asked Jesse to return to Mexico to be part of his administration. The Zermenos moved to Mexico, but the timing was bad. The bottom fell out of the Mexican economy soon after they relocated and the Zermenos decided to return to the U.S.. They moved to Melbourne, Florida, to live with Jann’ s retired parents until they could get back on their feet. By now the Zermenos had three children: Jesse, Jeanette and Jackie.
Jesse became a U.S. citizen and found employment in production control at Harris Corporation. He also enrolled in a masters degree program at the Florida Institute of Technology. Within six months the Zermenos were able to purchase a home in the Eau Gallie section of Melbourne where they still live. Three years later Jesse bought the Sandpiper Dry Carpet Cleaning Business.
In 1997 Jesse founded Operation Hope after learning of the plight of migrant workers in Fellsmere. Since that time he has organized volunteers, mostly from Melbourne, to make the 70-mile round trip to Fellsmere to bring food, clothing and a message of hope to the desperately poor families of the farm workers. Jann has been by Jesse’s side every inch of the way.
June 2:
Friendship
Sermon by Lydia Denworth
June 9:
Who Are the Nones?
Sermon by Rev. Phil Lund
June 16:
Repentance
Sermon by Rev. Ember Kelley
June 23:
Sermon by Rev. Lyn Ungar
June 30:
Paganism
July 7:
Friendship
Sermon by Rev Fred Hammond
July 14:
Frozen Chosen: Jewish Alaska
Sermon by Rabbi Craig Mayers
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